The utility of returns to scale in DEA programming: An analysis of Michigan rural hospitals

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2003.09.019zbMath1067.90061OpenAlexW2151331215MaRDI QIDQ1887937

Timothy W. Butler, Ling Li

Publication date: 22 November 2004

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2003.09.019

zbMATH Keywords

Data envelopment analysisReturns to scaleHealth services

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Management decision making, including multiple objectives (90B50)

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